On june 21, 1993, the uscg mso in philadelphia received a report from a tug boat captain through the…

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CELOTEX FACILITY; Philadelphia, PA.
Philadelphia, PA.
1. On June 21, 1993, the USCG MSO in Philadelphia received a report from a tug boat captain through the National Response Center of an oil sheen in the Schuylkill River. The sheen size was reportedly 200 feet by 1/2 mile. At the time of the report the air temperature was 85?F, skies were overcast, and winds were southwest at 10 to 15 knots. A Marine Environmental Protection Team went to the scene and traced the source of the sheen to the former CELOTEX facility. The MSO hired cleanup contractors for this federally funded cleanup; the facility owner refused to take responsibility. Contractors placed boom in the water and began steam cleaning bulkheads, riprap, and pilings. Oil-soaked soil leaking through a bulkhead proved to be the source of the slick. Found on the site were twenty-three tanks containing unknown product and sludge, three unmarked drums, bags of asbestos waste, hundreds of [...]
2. COMMODITY: MIXED HEAVY OILS.
3. POSITION 39.942N 075.203W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6951: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6951